Leadership award given to professor

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 20, 2007

Rio Hondo College professor Jay Sunyogh has won The CAD Society's 2007 Leadership Award.

The CAD Society, a not-for-profit CAD industry association, has announced Rio Hondo College professor Jay Sunyogh as the winner of its 2007 Leadership Award.

The CAD Society recognised Sunyogh for his contributions during his teaching career and his educational programs aimed for underprivileged students.

In addition to his distinguished career as dedicated educator and administrator, Sunyogh has chaired a CAD and drafting contest for over 50 Los Angeles high schools, including many from the inner city.

"His inspiring motivation - settings incentives and raising the bar to encourage students to strive to improve themselves - has been an influence on hundreds if not thousands of young people", says CAD Society President Marv Muston.

The CAD Society Award for Leadership is awarded to an individual in the CAD industry whose outstanding technical and/or business leadership over the past year has significantly contributed to the benefit of the CAD community.

Sunyogh is head of the department of architecture and computer aided design at Rio Hondo Community College in Whittier, California.

He has set up and co-ordinates a program that offers introductory coursework in architecture, civil design, and mechanical design.

His programme teaches AutoCAD, MicroStation, SolidWorks, Rhinoceros, Autodesk Civil 3D, Bentley InRoads, among other applications.

He is chair of the advisory committee that includes representatives from major industries in the Los Angeles area.

Sunyogh has worked to win grants for additional software and hardware resources for the college, and is co-author of CAD-Tutor, a series of high school and college textbooks.

Sunyogh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in industrial technology and a Master's Degree in vocational education from California State University in Los Angeles.

The CAD Society is a not-for-profit industry association with the goal of fostering a community and encouraging open communication among those who make their living within the CAD industry including AEC, mechanical, manufacturing and GIS.

Annual CAD Society Awards are presented at the Congress for the Future of Engineering Software, a yearly industry conference.